DIRTY DARK PLACE is proud to announce our traveling film program for June 2019, Waltz Across Texas. In partnership with Art League Houston, the Blanton Museum of Art and The Carpenter Hotel in Austin, and SALA DIAZ in San Antonio we are hosting acclaimed moving image artists Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat as they take a cinematic two-step from ATX to HTX and SATX. They will be screening selections from their newest program, Take It Down and will also present an expanded cinema performance at the Blanton Museum of Art as part of the SoundSpace performance series. All programming is free, and open to the public.

From the artists regarding Take It Down
In this collection of recent work by North Carolina-based media artists Sabine Gruffat and Bill Brown, celluloid film serves as both a material register and critical resource for interrogating the documentary image. Whether using discontinuous montage, handmade techniques for creating and processing images, or dramatic reenactors, these films aim to extend the formal possibilities of non-fiction filmmaking.

Waltz Across Texas screening and performance schedule

JUNE 2, 2019 IN AUSTIN

Blanton Museum of Art, 2–4pm
Expanded Cinema Performance

The Carpenter Hotel, 7:30–10:30pm
Screening of Film/Video

JUNE 7. 2019 IN HOUSTON

Art League Houston,  7:00–10:00pm
Screening & Exhibition

JUNE 8, 2019 IN SAN ANTONIO

SALA DIAZ, 8:00–11:00pm
Screening of Film/Video